voyage

[voi-ij]

noun

1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

   Synonyms: cruise

2. a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.

3. a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.

4. Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.

   the voyages of Marco Polo.

5. Obsolete.,  an enterprise or undertaking.

verb (used without object)

voyaged, voyaging 

1. to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object)

voyaged, voyaging 

1. to traverse by a voyage.

   to voyage the seven seas.

voyage

/ ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air

2. obsolete,  an ambitious project

verb

1. to travel over or traverse (something)

   we will voyage to Africa

Other Word Forms

• voyager noun
• outvoyage verb (used with object)
• revoyage noun
• unvoyaging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin viāticum “travel-money”; viaticum

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way

Idioms and Phrases

see maiden voyage.

Synonym Study

See trip ¹.

Example Sentences

That voyage, however, lasted only 25 minutes due to a plane malfunction, forcing the pilot to turn the aircraft around over the Santa Monica Bay and head back toward the airport.

From Los Angeles Times

Partly because of their remarkable transcontinental voyage between salt lakes, the grayish birds have inspired a close partnership between communities in California and Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times

Using the handle @alexandrah4200, the man gained hundreds of thousands of views on his videos, which included a live-stream from what he said was a UK asylum hotel, answering questions about his voyage.

From BBC

Rod was organising a voyage for relatives of some of the 29 to see the spectacular and remote place where their loved ones had lived and died.

From BBC

In a post on Instagram, he wrote: “Godspeed you, on this next voyage,” referencing the astronaut’s pioneering spirit.

From Salon